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Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE SCALP COOLING APPLIANCEHarold W. Ferguson, Rochester, N. Y.

Application April 27, 1937, Serial No. 139,292

8 Claims.

The invention relates to a scalp cooling appliance.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practicaland efficient scalp cooling appliance of comparatively inexpensiveconstruction designed for use in connection with various permanentwaving and hair curling devices and adapted to distribute over the scalpbeneath such permanent waving and hair curling devices a cooling mediumsuch as cool air and thereby prevent the heat incident to the use ofpermanent waving and hair curling devices from uncomfortably affectingthe head of a person.

A further object of the invention is to provide a scalp coolingappliance consisting of either a single, round'tube or a pair of roundtubes having side openings for the discharge of the cooling medium andprovided at the bottom with means for supporting such tube or tubes uponthe head of a person to maintain the scalp cooling appliance in properposition with relation to the scalp and to prevent rolling of the tubeor tubes when in use so that the side openings will always be in properposition for the eifective distribution of the cooling medium over thescalp and beneath the protectors used in conjunction with permanentwaving and hair curling devices.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a scalp coolingappliance comprising a pair of round scalp cooling tubes arranged sideby side and united throughout their entire length to form a unitaryscalp cooling appliance and provided in their outer side walls withopenings for the discharge of a cooling medium and having a com,- binedwidth materially greater than the height of the air cooling device so asto aiford a broad base at the bottom of the same to rest upon the headof a person and resist rolling of the scalp cooling device when in useand maintain the side openings in proper position for the uniform andeffective distribution of the cooling medium.

- Another object of the invention is to provide a scalp cooling devicehaving at the bottom of its tube or tubes downwardly diverging feetarranged in pairs at intervals with the members of each pair at oppositesides of each tube for the purpose of insuring that the tube remains inproper relationship to the scalp when in use without liability ofrolling and thereby causing a displacement of the discharge openings atthe side or sides of the tube.

A further object of the invention is to provide a scalp cooling devicehaving a pair of scalp cooling tubes and provided with a single couplingmember for connecting the scalp cooling tubes with a supply tub-e forsupplying a cooling medium such as cool air under pressure to the scalpcool ing tubes.

With the above and other objects in view, the 5 invention consists inthe construction and novel combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andpointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood thatvarious changes in the form, proportions and minor details ofconstruction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side View of a scalp cooling appliance constructed inaccordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. 20

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure1.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure1.

Figure 5 is a similar view taken on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail view showing the closed outer ends of the scalpcooling tubes.

Figure 7 is a detail view of the nozzle receiving end of the couplingmember. 30

Figure 8 is a transverse sectional view illustrating another form of theinvention in which the scalp cooling device consists of a single scalpcooling tube.

Referring particularly to the form of the invention illustrated inFigures 1 to '7, inclusive, of the accompanying drawing, the scalpcooling appliance comprises in its construction a pair of scalp coolingtubes l constructed of suitable material such as rubber and fabric orthe like and arranged side by side throughout their entire length andflexible longitudinally to enable the scalp cooling appliance to bearranged upon the head of a person and fit or conform to the curvatureof the same. The scalp cooling tubes l, which may be secured together attheir adjacent sides in contiguous relation as shown at 2, areillustrated in the accompanying drawing as round and of the samediameter, but the tubes may be round, elliptical, semi-elliptical, orany other preferred configuration. When round tubes are employed, asshown, they are uniform in diameter and they provide a scalp coolingappliance with a broad base, as the scalp cooling appliance is ofgreater width and height. This arch 8 1938.

H. W. FERGUSON SCALP COOLING APPLIANCE Filed April 27, 1957 of flexibletubes arranged side by side throughout their entire length and connectedtogether in substantially contiguous-relation to form a unitarystructure, said tubes being provided with side orifices for thedischarge of a cooling medium, and downwardly diverging feet arranged inpairs at intervals on each of the tubes for supporting the tubes uponthe head of a person to prevent rolling of the tubes in use, whereby thedischarge orifices are maintained in proper position with relation tothe scalp.

!7. A scalp cooling appliance including a pair of tubes arranged side byside and secured together to form a unitary structure, said tubes beingprovided between their ends with side orifices for the discharge of acooling medium and closed at their outer ends and open at their innerends, and a single coupling member provided at one end with a laterallyenlarged opening receiving the open ends of the tubes and adapted to beconnected at the other end to a tube for supplying a cooling mediumunder pressure.

8. A scalp cooling appliance including a pair of round tubes of uniformdiameter arranged side by side and secured together to form a unitarystructure, said tubes being provided between their ends with sideorifices for the discharge of a cooling medium and closed at their outerends and open at their inner ends, a single coupling member provided atone end with a laterally enlarged opening conforming to theconfiguration of the open ends of the round tubes and receiving thesame, the other end of the coupling memher being substantially circular,and a supply tube having a nozzle coupled to said circular end of thecoupling member.

HAROLD W. FERGUSON.

